The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the overall life satisfaction of older adult women who have not had children. We explore the following questions: (1) What is the overall sense of life satisfaction of childfree women over 65 years of age? (2) What is the lived experience of being a childfree woman in U.S. society? and (3) How does being childfree inform women’s overall life satisfaction? Using a phenomenological research design to analyze data from interviews with 14 childfree women over the age of 65, we found that nearly all participants report a high life satisfaction and many report a strong sense of resiliency, though they also report an awareness of the stigma associated with their status as nonmothers. Implications for both theory and practice are considered.

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无子女妇女晚年的生活经历和生活满意度

这项研究的目的是更深入地了解没有孩子的老年妇女的整体生活满意度。我们探讨以下问题：（1）65 岁以上无子女女性的总体生活满意度如何？(2) 在美国社会做一个没有孩子的女人的生活经历是什么？(3) 无子女如何影响女性的整体生活满意度？我们使用现象学研究设计分析了对 14 名 65 岁以上无子女妇女的采访数据，发现几乎所有参与者都报告了很高的生活满意度，许多人报告了强烈的弹性感，尽管他们也报告了相关的耻辱感以他们作为非母亲的身份。考虑了对理论和实践的影响。